Crushing Barriers

Most of my colleagues agree that time is a problem but I think it is all in how we look at it.  If we think of using technology as a tool for instruction in a flipped classroom then my time as a teacher will be allocated differently.  If I have my students learning the new content at home then I can monitor, reteach, and assess their understanding in class.  It is as if my time becomes flipped as well.  I spend time after school recording/teaching a lesson when I am normally tutoring and vice verse.

When it comes to my students having their laptops with them when they need it, I can use remind 101 to send out alerts and have alternative assignments ready.  But if I am thinking about the flipped classroom then I suppose this no longer becomes a barrier since they will need the technology outside of the classroom.

I still think that finding relevant and enriching applications will be a problem.  I think that this is a barrier that will become less of one as I move forward.  I will continue to use my PLN and workshops like CAMT to discover new apps.  I am looking for ward to attending CAMT for the first time and I have already selected several technology sessions.

However I am still struggling with how to make it easier on the students to be able to write and/or show their work. I have found that we have access to equipment that will allow students to write with a stylus or their finger but  I feel as though it would have limitations.  Another option I am faced with is blending the two.  For the infused lesson I am working on this week students will do the work on paper and then type the equations into a spreadsheet. Students will still be able to use the application to investigate the changes to slope and the y intercept but they will turn in a digital portion and a hard copy of their work.